Forest Elaenia - BirdForum Opus

Photo by njlarsen
Asa Wright, Trinidad, February 2010

Myiopagis gaimardii

Identification

A mostly olive and grey bird with a mostly concealed crown stripe. In some subspecies has yellow crown stripe and wing bars, in others the same areas are white. Tends to sit more horizontal than most similar birds.

Distribution

Northern South America: found in Panama, Colombia, Trinidad, Venezuela, The Guianas, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil

Taxonomy

• M. g. macilvainii:

• Tropical eastern Panama and Caribbean coast of Colombia

• M. g. trinitatis:

• Trinidad

• M. g. bogotensis:

• Tropical north-eastern Colombia and northern Venezuela

• M. g. guianensis:

• Extreme eastern Colombia to south-eastern Venezuela, the Guianas and northern Brazil

• M. g. gaimardii (subcinerea):

• Tropical southern Ecuador to eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, south-western and eastern Brazil

Habitat

Forests, second growth and edge, mostly humid, in lowlands and sometimes foothills

Behaviour

Mainly found high in canopy.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Ridgely & Gwynne 1989. Birds of Panama. Princeton Paperbacks. ISBN 0691025126
3. Kenefick, Restall, Hayes, 2007. Field guide to the birds of Trinidad and Tobago. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-13557-2

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Forest Elaenia. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Forest_Elaenia

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